Charaxes monteiri
| Charaxes monteiri | |
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| Male and female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Charaxes |
| Species: | C. monteiri |
| Binomial name | |
| Charaxes monteiri Staudinger & Schatz, 1885[1] | |
Charaxes monteiri is a rare tropical butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, belonging to the Charaxinae subfamily or leafwing butterflies.[2] It was described by Otto Staudinger and Ernst Schatz in 1885.
Description
Charaxes monteiri presents an important sexual dimorphism, as do most species of the genus Charaxes. The wingspan is about 90 millimetres (3.5 in) in the males and about 100 millimetres (3.9 in) in the females. Adults mainly feed on rotting fruits. The male has a black-brown and blue wing, while the female has a brown wing with a wide white stripes on each side and a smaller one on top.
Distribution and habitat
This species is endemic to the island of Sao Thome in the archipelago of São Tomé and Principe (Gulf of Guinea).[3] It can be found in the mountain peaks of volcanic origin.
Taxonomy
Charaxes tiridates group
Other
The species of butterfly was featured on a Santomean stamp in 1979.
References
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ "Charaxes monteiri Staudinger, 1885" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Further reading
- Henning (S.), 1989 - The Charaxinae Butterflies of Africa, pp. 1–457
- Turlin (B.), 2005-2007 - Butterflies of the World. Parts 22, 25, 28, 32, Charaxes 1-4
- Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1971 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 181-226.
- Zipcodezoo
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